Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antigypsy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anti-gyp-sy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing or countering gypsies; practicing or exhibiting antigypsyism.

Example Sentences

"This violently antigypsy diatribe, which brings together all the racial and ethnic stereotypes held in sixteenth-century Spain, was duly withdrawn from the elementary school reader..."
"There is also evidence of numerous local antigypsy campaigns by police, often acting on their own initiative and not in response to complaints or orders from above."

Etymology

From anti- + gypsy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antigypsy (comparative) most antigypsy (superlative)

Questions

What does antigypsy mean?: Opposing or countering gypsies; practicing or exhibiting antigypsyism.
Where does antigypsy come from?: From anti- + gypsy.

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